First Grow: 4 weeks in Veg. Concern about height.
- Thread starter CleeZ420
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the one looks abit yellow at the bottom maybe nitrogen you might need more nutes and less water.
CleeZ420
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Thanks for the input. What do you mean by "preflower"? I was thinking to do some LST when it reaches 9-10 inches and then flower it 2 weeks after that. Does that sound good?
And when you say avoid high levels of N, you don't mean avoid it completely, right? Because I was going to use Tiger Bloom by Fox Farm which has 2% N.
CleeZ420
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One more thing, I don't know if anyone is familiar with the Fox Farm feeding schedule, but I've been following it with just 1/2-1/3 of the recommended dosage. I'm getting close to the end of my 4th week and on the schedule it says that flowering begins at the 5th week and I should start adding Tiger Bloom. Since I'm not quite ready to flower, yet, should I continue giving it the dosage of the 4th week or do whatever the schedule says, even though I'm not flowering yet?
Sean Tom
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1. preflower is when the sex is shown prior to swithching 12/12. 2. ive seen LST done at 3-4 inches. LST is a process. unlike topping your plant. when you LST you are training your plant to grow a certain way. basically 2 weeks might not be sufficient, but thats for you to judge according to what you were looking for. 3. no i mean avoid HIGH levels of N. 2% is perfect. basically N helps the plant to grow tall and flourish. well during the first 2-3 weeks of switching your lights to 12/12 aka "flowering" your plants do what is called the stretch, they grow, strain dependent but most follow, about 1/3 more of what the plant is already. wait i can say that simpler. they grow hella tall like a boy in puberty. those nutes will be fine
Sean Tom
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the bottle is a guideline. you control, as long as your indoors, the plants life cycles. so as long as you are still vegging your plant give it the veg dose. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FLOWER YOUR LADIES, meaning swithching to 12/12 that is when you will provide the plant the bloom nutes
You need to reduce the packages normal fertilizer rates when there is a low light situation, which you have. Not eliminate, just remain at a reduced level........ if not, because the roots won't absorb the nutes as quickly under low light, it builds up more in the medium eventually leading to nute burn or pH swings downward.l
obijohn
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Thats exactly right
CleeZ420
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after transplanting it a couple of days ago, i've never use nutes. but when I do plan to use it, I was going to continue the 1/3 of the recommended dosage . should I lower it some more? or should I add some more light bulbs? and if more light is a resolution, how many more Watts? (I currently have 93 Watts for about 1.75 sqf of space)